Sailing to the Bahamas

Little Farmer's Cay offers a great all around protection anchorage. Farmer's Cay Marina has mooring balls and the small settlement has an airstrip and a small grocery store and two restaurants. The supply boat Captain C comes in the cut and a smaller boat comes alongside to unload while they turn around and then leave the same way they came in. Cruisers fishing from dinghy in Farmer's Cay entrance cut Caverns along the shore Rocky beach of Big Farmer's Cay on Exuma Sound Long beautiful beach on banks side of Big Farmer's Cay Stunning milk conch shell Straw market at Little Farmer's Cay The government dock  Defense Force and Police enforcing 24 curfew Oven Rock on Great Guana Cay Sailboat on the banks Cruiser's cairn marking trailhead to the sound side beach High on the hill and what a view Looking for the next sandy beach to beachcomb Ship wreck

Lee Stocking Island is the home to the old marine research center that has been abandoned. See tug and barge shaped islands in the distance. The anchorage at Lee Stocking Island Sound side beach Single sailboat out on Exuma Sound Interesting tracks in the sand Rock hopping Up the clear creek to Norman's Pond Mangroves surrounding the pond Red succulent that loves the sandy shore Iguanas on Leaf Cay Beach Lobster gift from neighbor Trailhead to Perry's Peak Inviting shady beach made for a picnic View from Perry's Peak to Williams Cay anchorage View back to Lee Stocking Island anchorage At the top Green heron on the trail Egret at the pond View from the porch with the collapsed deck Stone beacon at entrance to Adderly Cut Fishing from rocky ledge Cavern with overhanging vegetation on the beach Rough ride for kayak washed ashore

Old Bight anchorage is on a sandy beach that seems to stretch for miles in both directions. There is one resort and some cottages and the settlement is inland so you can enjoy the solitude. Just us Cut back into the mangrove creek Stranded starfish Rain is coming to the anchorage Impressive driftwood Spy the land crab in the center of the photo among the seaweed Fisherman's catch Ready to go fishing Rocky reefs off shore on the Atlantic Ocean side We have the beach to ourselves

New Bight settlement has their fish fry regatta site of tiki huts along the beach by the anchorage. The Hermitage sits high on Como Hill, the highest elevation in the Bahamas. Pumpkin in a field along the path to the oceanbeach Old shipwreck on Atlantic Ocean beach New and the old construction Fish fry regatta site at New Bight Rocky and sandy shore on Atlantic Ocean Ice cream delight The Hermitage high on the hill The Hermitage atop Como Hill Impressive construction Climbing the last few steps View from the top back to the anchorage Mangoes and more mangoes